12 Facts About Tenrikyo

Tenrikyo is a Japanese new religion which is neither strictly monotheistic nor pantheistic, originating from the teachings of a 19th-century woman named Nakayama Miki, known to her followers as "Oyasama".

Ultimate spiritual aim of Tenrikyo is the construction of the Kanrodai, a divinely ordained pillar in an axis mundi called the Jiba, and the correct performance of the Kagura ritual around the Kanrodai, which will bring about the salvation of all human beings.

Joyous Life in Tenrikyo is defined as charity and abstention from greed, selfishness, hatred, anger and arrogance.

Tenrikyo followers think of their minds as things that are under their own control, but their bodies are not completely under their control.

Concept of in Tenrikyo is a unique understanding of karmic belief.

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Tenrikyo teaches that the Joyous Life will eventually encompass all humanity, and that gradual progress towards the Joyous Life is even now being made with the guidance of divine providence.

Tenrikyo's doctrine explains that an individual's suffering should not be perceived as punishment or retributive justice from divine providence for past misdeeds, but rather as a sign of encouragement from divine providence for the individual to reflect on the past and to undergo a change of heart.

The Anecdotes of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo is an anthology of anecdotes about Nakayama that were passed down orally by her first followers and later written down and verified.

Tenrikyo is subdivided into many different groups with common goals but differing functions.

Since then, Tenrikyo itself has never had a, although some Tenrikyo splinter groups believe that the revelatory leadership passed from Iburi to their particular founder or foundress.

Tenrikyo was designated as one of the thirteen groups included in Sect Shinto between 1908 and 1945 under State Shinto.

In recent years Tenrikyo has spread outside Japan, with foreign branches centered primarily in Southeast Asia and America.